The Centre of Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (COESME) at IISER Pune in association with Marathi Vidyan Parishad has organized:

School Teachers' Science Congress

The Congress aims at providing a platform to the science and mathematics teachers to communicate their ideas, and share new experiments in teaching methodology and science education. The objective is to provide teachers an opportunity to present innovative approaches in science teaching and get other similar ideas that can be put into practice from their peers.

One hundred school teachers from all over Maharashtra will participate in this Congress. The focal theme will be Learning Science by Doing. Findings reveal that learners retain much more and comprehend easily through practice of learning science by doing. This theme will give thus give rise to a wave of newer practices in communicating science and technology through learning through hands-on experimentation. The teachers will present their innovations in five parallel sessions. Selected teachers from each group will get an opportunity to share their ideas in the Plenary Session at the end of the day.